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April Troyer, 14, of Monkton, brings her Reserve Champion Crossbred Market Steer, Dusty, into the Livestock Auction area during Saturday's Farm Fair. Coverage of the annual 4-H livestock auction at the Harford County Farm Fair on Saturday.

April Troyer, 14, of Monkton, brings her Reserve Champion Crossbred Market Steer, Dusty, into the Livestock Auction area during Saturday's Farm Fair. Coverage of the annual 4-H livestock auction at the Harford County Farm Fair on Saturday.

Opinion

The Harford County Farm Fair returned Thursday for its 28th year at the Equestrian Center in Bel Air. As always, the fair, which continues Friday, Saturday and Sunday, offers a variety of activities and exhibits to entertain and, hopefully, educate the thousands of visitors who attend.

A "functionally obsolete" circuit courthouse, one which has both security and safety issues, is only one of several deficient facilities owned by Harford County that make up the government center in downtown Bel Air.